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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 13: UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey of the United States poses for photos during the UFC 193 Ultimate Media Day festivities at Etihad Stadium on November 13, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Brandon Magnus/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) | Zuffa LLC via Getty Images
As interesting as the upcoming May 16th Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano fight card on Netflix is, the real heat is being generated by a potential fight that’s not even on the card: Ronda Rousey vs. Kayla Harrison.
Rousey and Harrison were both Olympic level judokas training together under the U.S. judo program at the same time. Ronda earned an bronze medal in 2008, while Kayla would take gold at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. Now Ronda is returning to MMA at a time where Kayla holds the women’s bantamweight belt the UFC created for “Rowdy.” That’s generated a lot of chatter between the two, most of it hostile.
Rousey has said she plans to fight Gina Carano and then retire from competition again, but there’s been so much trash talked between her and Harrison that it seems insane they wouldn’t fight each other now. And the more that Harrison says, the more Rousey threatens to shut her up … if only with her words for now.
“She’s coming and talking s–t about me and Gina,” Rousey said in a new YouTube video. “Dude, we’re doing nothing but helping you. We’ve done nothing but help you. I literally have like a vested interest in developing the heavier divisions. She says she can’t make weight in her division anymore. It’s taken years off of her life, all this stuff. And it’s like, help me help you!”
“Who do you think would promote you at 145? F–king me. Who do you think would help you get paid? F–king me. Who do you think is helping you get paid more in the UFC now because you have someone to give you a competing offer?”
“I’m trying to feed you,” she insisted. “Stop biting my f–king hand. I’m trying to help you out, man. It’s too early for this f–king s–t. But she’s kind of like my brat little sister in a way where I’m just like, ‘Don’t come for me, okay? Mamma’s working. I’m going to have to give you a learning if you’re going to want to f–king start some s–t.'”
“Dude, you’re not the biggest fight. Gina’s the biggest fight. But it also benefits her, all of this. Now she’s got a higher profile than she’s ever had. You’re welcome. Go figure out how to do something with it.”
Harrison is doing just fine. She’s set to fight Amanda Nunes sometime later this year in a bout that could secure her a strong spot in the women’s GOAT discussion. Rousey is also doing great: she’s undoubtedly making more money in one night with MVP than what Harrison has probably made in her entire UFC career. And so long as Kayla is contracted to the UFC and Rousey is unwilling to accept UFC pay, we’ll have to accept these verbal back-and-forths as the closest thing to a real fight we’ll get.
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